Curtain-holder.



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UNITED STATES- Patented .Tune 23, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LIzZIEs. BJoR sTAD, oFcHIcAGo, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,747, dated June 23, 1903.

7 Application filed July 25, 1902. $erial No. 117,026. (No model.)

following is a specification and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to a holder for ourtains, portieres, (he, designed to be draped or hung from awindow or door.

The invention has for'its object to provide a device of this characterwhich shall be capable of holding the curtain or portiere in such 4 manner that while it is securely fastened or clamped, yet at'the same time the holder will readily yield and release the curtain in case the curtain is subjected to a sudden jerk or pull, thereby avoiding the tearing thereof, as might happen if it were not released.

The invention consists of the details and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, particularly. designated in the claim, and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of the curtainholder. Fig; 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 illustrates the holder in position andapplied to a window-casing; and Fig. 4 isa similar View showing the manner of draping the curtain, the holder-being illustrated by dotted lines.

In Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings, indicates a window-casing, 11 a lace or other ourtain, and 12 the curtain-holder, which is designed to be secured to the window-casing at one side thereof, or if a pair of curtains is employed then a holder will be located at each side of the window-casing.

The holder (illustrated in Figs. 1' and 2) may be made of wire, although not necessarily so, and preferably of a single piece, and it comprises in general terms a base portion adapted to be secured to the window-casing and a spring clam ping portion,between which and the window-casing the curtain is designed to be clamped and which is preferably bowed outwardly in order to better accommodate the curtain and has its free end over-hanging the inner. edge of the casing. The end of the clamping portion may be made in the form of a finger-piece for the purpose of lifting the clamp to release "the curtain.

The strand of wire from which the holder is made is doubled upon itself and formed with eyes 13 for the passage of nails, screws, or'other securing means, such eyes being formed by fiat coils in the wire near the ends thereof, and the ends are bent toward each other and secured by a sleeve 14. The eye portion and connected terminals of the wire constitute the base of the holder.

The clamping portion 15 of the holder, formed ofthe two arms of the strand, is bowed outwardly in order toaccommodate the bunched or gathered curtain and is of such length as to properly hold the curtain when so arranged.

" The holder is designed to be made of a re silient Wire, such as brass or steel, and there would therefore be sufficient spring action to effectively clamp the curtain against removal. I prefer, however, to provide a spring for the better securing of the curtain, and to this end bend the arms of the strand into outstanding coils adjacent to the eyes 13, thereby providing the springs 16, which react to hold the end of the strand opposite the base firmly thol igh'yieldingly against the window-casing when the holder is in place.

The looped outer end 18 of the strand is flattened out, so as to bear upon the windowcasing, and the holder in position is so located that this end projectsinward and partially over theedge of the window casing in order that it may be readily grasped for the purpose of lifting the clamp to release the curtain.

The clamp being secured with its free end toward the window, any unusual pull or jerk upon the curtain will result in its being withdrawn from engagement with the holder, the spring being of suflicient strength to securely hold the curtain under ordinary conditions, but readily yielding to release'it when subjected to a sudden pull or jerk, thereby avoiding tearing of the curtain.

I claim as my inventi0.n ing outwardly and terminating in a flattened Acurtain-holder eomprisingasingle strand finger-piece in substantially the same plane of wire bentback upon itself and formed with as the base.

an eye at each end, and an outstanding coil LIZZIE S. BJURNSTAD. 5 between the bend in the strand and each eye Witnesses: I

and adjacent the latter, the portions of the ARTHUR B. SEIBOLD,

strand between the bend and the coils bow- H. NORA BJGRNSTAD. 

